What's On My Happy List?

Thanksgiving at our house!

Our Thankful Breakfast!

We are missing poor B!

She was able to join us for 

most of the day's festivities, 

but was in bed 

a good portion too with the flu crud.

Thanksgiving meal at grandmas!

Uncle Luis always cooks 

and carves the turkey.

We had quite the spread..

Bing waiting ever so patiently for 

his turkey! lol

All turkey-d out!!!

We went to my sister's for pie

and to visit with my side of the family.

My brother in law is a master pie maker!

We were just happy to be able to be

together this year on Thanksgiving. It had

been 3 years due to Covid and my sister

being so sick with her kidney issues. 

**********

The day before Thanksgiving 

we were able to participate in 

Murray High's Winter Charity

5k run/walk to raise money 

for cancer research.

We were able to get these babies up 

Thanksgiving week too. 

LOOK at these trees! 

{At the Joseph Smith Memorial Bldg.}

Emmsie and I met Kyleigh there to 

help her with some work stuff. 

It was a gorgeous site. 

We made a stop at 

The Nauvoo Cafe. One of our

favorite little spots uptown for

yummy soup and sandwiches. 

**********

However; our favorite food find this week

was realizing that there is THIS

at the new Deseret Book in Fort Union.

Hello!

How did I not know this?  haha

They serve BYU creamery ice-cream.

ALL the flavors.

{The Graham Canyon is a family fav.} 

**********

This Dec 1st meme CRACKED ME UP.....

Altho we don't have an advent problem 

at our house. lol 

I found some GOOD ones at the Costco

and Sam's Club...

chocolates, jams and cheeses.

B, Kate and I are loving 

these jams and cheeses 

with crackers at our 3:00 tea time!

**********
The girls and I were able to go

to the German Christkindlmart

for the first time. Last year the 

traffic was atrocious just trying 

to get up to -This is The Place- 

where it is held. We turned 

around and said forget it.

This year we went on Day 1 and

had much better luck!

We just happened to get there 

in time to watch

the Candle parade.

And guess who was heading off the parade?

Elder Uchtdorf and his wife! 

We were just in the right spot at 

the right time. 

He looked right at us 

and wished us a Merry Christmas 

in his native German. MADE MY DAY!

It was like seeing Santa, but like 10x 

better! Even Brie was like..."I LOVE HIM!"

It was a bit crowded, and windy as heck

that night, but we had a blast taste 

testing the different foods

and browsing the shops.

**********

We got to attend the 

Christmas Around the World 

dance concert down at the Y.

SO FUN and festive.

Kyleigh still wishes she could be 

out there dancing. She misses it. 

**********

The next morning was our Ward Christmas

Brunch. The Poppi was on the food 

committee and slaved away in the kitchen

making pancakes.

************

In Christmas viewing pleasure....

Watching the First Presidency Christmas Devotional...

Then this handsome guy...look'in good
from his trip to the groomers...has been 

watching oodles of
Christmas concerts of the Tabernacle Choir
on DVD with my little mama and I. 

The fam went and saw THIS!

My goodness. SO GOOD!

😭

{In select theaters for a limited time.

SEE IT if you can!}

It's based on a true story of 

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 

and how he came to write the Christmas hymn

"I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day!"

{one of my favorite Christmas hymns...

maybe cuz I'm a bell too...my maiden name. 😉}

Speaking of movies....

Christmas movies are one of my

favorite things about Christmas time.
{I believe I've been watching 

them since Oct 21st.! 

I could probably be a

Queen of Christmas 

Movie watching if there was such a 

title. Anywho, I take it pretty seriously.}

😜 

I thought it would be fun

to list my top ten 14 favorites. 

{As of right now anyway. Ha!}

They are either from Hallmark or 

Great American Family Channel. 

{Shout out to Candace Cameron Bure. YAY!!}

Lifetime and UPtv have some cute

ones too. 

The ones I've listed 

just have a little extra some'thn

that made them even more enjoyable

to watch. {whether it be the on-screen

chemistry, different than usual 

story-line(s) etc.} 

They are in no particular order... 

but the first four listed happen to be from 

this Christmas season, and you could 

probably catch a re-run.  

Happy movie watching!